Rostom Sipan "Ross" Bagdasarian (January 27, 1919 – January 16, 1972) was an Armenian-American pianist, singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. He was better known by the stage name David Seville, which he used on his recordings featuring Alvin and the Chipmunks. Bagdasarian was born in Fresno, California, the youngest child of Dick and Virginia (Saroyan) Bagdasarian, immigrants from Armenia. He enlisted in the United States Army one month after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and served until t...